Scrubbing-stool



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SGRUBBING STOOL.

Patented Oct. 1,1895.

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SCRUBBING-STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,993, dated October 1, 1895.

Application filed June 10, 1895. Serial No. 562,367. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LILIA DYBALL BIGA- LOW, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Scrubbing-Stool, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to scrubbing-stools, having for its object to provide a traveling stool upon which the user may kneel while scrubbing a floor and may readily push it about the floor during the performance of scrubbing; and the invention consists in the new construction of such stool, whereby the stool may be folded for compactness for storage or shipment, and also be converted into a receptacle for holding the scrubbing utensils, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new scrubbing-stool as seen open and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a bottom View of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the stool as seen folded. Fig. 4. is a detached view of a removable brush and soap-holding box.

A represents a stool or platform, which I make in two parts and provide with cleats B B, let into grooves in the under side of the parts A, for the purpose of stiffening and strengthening them, and I join the two parts of the stool with strap-hinges O 0, whereby the stool may be folded for compactness, as before stated.

D D are casters attached to the cleats or under-side corners of the stool, upon which the stool or platform travels.

E is a pad or cushion attached to the forward half of the stool, upon which the user kneels while using it.

F is a box for holding the scrubbing-brush and other articles or utensils. It is removable, having pins ff fixed to the end pieces, which extend below the bottom and are inserted in holes 0 0 for retaining it in place.

Hooks and staples g g are provided for holding the stool closed when folded.

When not in use, the stool or platform is folded, as seen in Fig. 3, with the box F placed between the two leaves, as shown, the pins f f being inserted in the holes 0 0 in the under side of the leaf and the brush and other articles contained Within the box. It will be seen that this enables the stool to be folded in a very compact form and is very convenient for storage or shipment.

Having described my invention, I claim- The herein described scrubbing stool, consisting of the two parts or leaves A A, hinges O O joining said two parts, casters D D attached to the outside under corners of said parts A A, a kneeling pad E attached to one of said parts A, holes 0 0 through one of said parts, and a box F, pins ff, on said box, adapted for insertion in the holes, the several parts being constructed and combined as and for the purpose specified.

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, FRANK TIBBITTs. 

